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What else to know about passports, airports, the cruise port and money.","team","2026-09-24",3,"sea","\u002Fimages\u002Fjournal\u002Fst-kitts-port-zante-from-a-cruise-ship.jpg","Port Zante and the Basseterre waterfront seen from the deck of a cruise ship, with green hills behind the town",[40,41,42,43,44,45],"arrival","eta","passport","airport","cruise","port-zante",false,[],{"slug":33,"name":49,"role":50,"bio":51,"tone":36},"CaribHubs team","Product & operations","Updates from the people running the service.",{"slug":7,"path":53,"guide_path":54,"title":55,"description":56,"name":8,"island_code":57,"marketplace":58,"lat":59,"lng":60,"tone":36,"order":61,"sections":62,"site_count":78,"article_count":78},"\u002Fjournal\u002Fst-kitts","\u002Fjournal\u002Fst-kitts\u002Fguide","Things to do in St. Kitts","Volcanic peaks, a UNESCO fortress and two coasts, with calm Caribbean to the west and Atlantic surf to the east.","st_kitts","live",17.3026,-62.7177,1,[63,68,73],{"section":64,"sites":65},"history",[66,67],"brimstone-hill","romney-manor",{"section":69,"sites":70},"beaches",[71,72],"frigate-bay","cockleshell-bay",{"section":74,"sites":75},"views",[76,77],"timothy-hill","black-rocks",6,{"meta":80,"frontmatter":81,"nodes":82},{},{},[83,98,101,106,117,139,147,151,163,167,174,184,188,195,199,206,210,217,221,234],[84,85,86,87,91,92,97],"p",{},"Before you travel to St. Kitts and Nevis, you must submit an application through the ",[88,89,90],"strong",{},"Saint Kitts and Nevis Electronic Border Management System"," at ",[93,94,96],"a",{"href":95},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.knatravelform.kn\u002Fen","knatravelform.kn",". 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